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Manufacturing, global economy: Mild 2024 recession

Control Engineering

Offset a mile recession in 2024 and depression in 2030 in part with manufacturing automation. Be prepared: Companies have the opportunity to pull ahead and improve automation and efficiency in operations and reduce supply chain bottlenecks. Manufacturing economy insights. “The

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Framework advances computer vision with pixel processing

Control Engineering

“In applications requiring large amounts of data to be sent from the image sensor to the backend processors, physically separated systems and hardware lead to bottlenecks in throughput, bandwidth and energy efficiency.”

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Picking robots’ role in manufacturing facilities expected to grow

Control Engineering

There are currently 132,000 robotic engineers in the US and this will need to increase to avoid labor becoming a major bottleneck to market growth. Furthermore, we hear that the programming of robots is still a challenge and requires the expertise of robotic engineers.

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ProMat 2023: Intralogistics, software and motion in focus

Control Engineering

Closed-loop digitalization uses data from the real world to create accurate simulations and find and resolve any bottlenecks in design. System integrators and end users in material handling understand and learn how automation can improve operations, making it more horizontally and vertically sustainable.

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Taking a dynamic approach to safety

Control Engineering

A third scenario example looks at process optimization, where operational downtime and bottlenecks may not pose a risk to humans, property and the environment, but they can affect system performance. The use of a context-sensitive safety approach could achieve the goal of property protection combined with higher system efficiency.

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IMTS: Machine tool hardware, software, efficiency, integration tools

Control Engineering

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE): Analyze MyPerformance/OEE allows the important indicators to be identified for the improvement of machine or work cell utilization to eliminate production bottlenecks.

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Automation upgrades reduce sortation system wiring and lower costs

Control Engineering

Engineers there worked with an automation vendor to improve their equipment, computing power and communication protocols to provide better insights and reduce potential automation bottlenecks. Business continues to boom in the intralogistics industry.